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Old 09-05-2006
MV not working from other folder
hi ,

I have wriiten code in shell script to rename files as

$MV ${SOURCE}/index.html ${DEST}/index_en.html

I have set the variables and the souce & Dest are same folder.But when i run i am getting the following error DESTdest/index_en.html
mv: cannot access SOURCE/index.html

is there any permission issues?But when i entering into SOURCE folder i am able to run the mv command.but not from other folder.
Pls assist me.If not possible how can i achieve this in another way?

thanks
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Old 09-05-2006
Hi.
Do you set full path in ${SOURCE} variable?
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